Candle-holder.



A. WILL.

HANDLE HOLDER.

APPLIUATION FILED s311126, 1910.

Patented May 13, 1913.

/l T Tom/Er ANTHONY WILL, 0F SYRACUSE, NEW YORK.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 13, 1913.

- Application led September A6, 1910. Serial No. 580,691.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTHONY WILL, of No. 1011 Harrison street, Syracuse,in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, have inventedV newand -useful Improvements in Candle-Holders, of which the following,taken in connection with the ac eompanying drawings, is a full, clear,and exact description.

This invention relates to certain improvements in candle holderscomprising a tube l having an annulus at one end of slightly 'full-lensmaller diameter than that of the candle and against which the taper orwick end of the candle is held by the application of a spring actuatedfollower to the opposite .end of the candle so as to gradually advancesuch candle as its taper end is consumed. One ofthe objections to thisclass of holders is that during the final consumption of the candle themolten matter overflows around the edges of the follower and congealsupon the interior of the tube and spring, which interferes with the freeoperation of the moving parts and necessitates frequent cleansingthereof.

The main object therefore, of my present invention is to obviate this'overflow by slig \tly arching the portion of the annulus at theperipheryof the follower so as to form a tight joint or seat when' theseparts are brought together.

In the drawmgs: Figure 1 is a llongitudinalsectional view of the holdershowing a h candle therein. Fig. 2 is a sectional vlew of a part of theholder with the candle omitted, showing the spring-pressed followerseated against the candle-retaining means. v

The holder shown comprises coaxial metal tubes 1 and n2- screwedtogether end to end at -3 and adapted to receive a candle -awhich isinserted in the open end of the tube 1 and depressed against an upwardlyspring pressed follower before the tubes are coupled whereupon the tube-2 is slipped over the upper end of tlie candle and screwed upon thetube 1-. The tube section 2 is provided with an annular flange 3 againstits screw-threaded portion to overlie the joint when the two sectionsare assembled. The upper end of the tube is open and formed with aninwardly 'projecting annulus or shoulder -5- of slightly less innerdiameter than that of the main'body of the candle so as to allow thetaper end of such candle to project therethrough and at the same timehold the candle agalnst undue outward feeding by the spring pressedfollower. A coil spring -6-'- is inter osed between the follower andbottom of t e tube -1- and is tensioned to feed said follower and candleoutwardly as fast as' the taper end is consumed by burning, under whichconditions theportions of the candle. in engagement liquefies by meltingthereby permitting such automatic feed. When the candle is nearlyconsumed and the follower has reached the limit of its upward movementby contact with the annulus -5-, the remnant is practically in liquidform and usually overiows around the edges of lthe follower by reason ofits imperfect seating against the annulfus' thereby allowing the moltenmatter to deposit and congeal on the follower and springs sufficient tointerfere with the free operation of the moving parts. To overcome thisand to assure a more perfect seating of the follower against theannulus, I provide the latter with an annular groove -7f formed bydepressing the lnner edgeof said annulus or by pressing up the portionthereof which is engaged by the edge of the follower, as more clearlyshown 1n Fig. 2. The follower com struction an inverted cup-s apedmember 4 which receives the upper end of spring 6, and on which ismounted a disk 8 which fits, when the follower reaches the limit of itsoutward movement, closely against the inner depressed edge of theannulus. This disk is usually formed from a compressible or yieldingmaterial which will effect a seal with the annulus 5. The taper end ofthe tube -2 serves to center the follower in its upward movement whilethe annular groove 7 atthe edge of the follower affords a more free andeffective seating of the follower against the annulus.

What I claim is: y

A candle holder comprising a tube formed of two sections unitedsubstantially midway their lengths, the upper section at the outer endthereof tapering inwardly and termiwith the annulus -5- gradually risesin its conl nating in an annular shoulder having a cup to engage saidannular shoulder in the groove. formed in the lower side thereof, anlimit of its outward movement. lo inverted cup of substantially the sameIn witness whereof I have hereunto set diameter as the groove arrangedtherein, a my hand this 31st,day of August 1910.

disk ositioned upon the upper side of said ANTHONY 'WILL cup fgrsupporting a candle, and a compres- Witnesses:

sion 'coil spring intermediate the cup and H., lE. CHASE,

lower e`nd of said tube to cause the disk and E. F. Summe.

